Combination-tool.



PATENTED JULY 11,1905.

J. H. PRIESTLEY.

` COMBINATION TOOL. x APPLICATION FILED MAR.29,1904.

@wi/E14 e c o No. 794,310. Patented July 11, 1905.

NTTED STATES ATENT Trier.

JOHN H.. PRIESTLEY, OF CHEROKEE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOv JOHN DE FRAIN, OF SPENCER, IOVA.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,310, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed March 29,1904. Serial No. 200,575.

T @f7/Z 'W7/wmf t 'm0/.7! GOHCWW is movable across this notch, is also sharp- Be it known that I, JOHN H. lnms'rLnY, a ened, thus providing a wire-cutter. 50 citizen of the United States, residing at Chero- The end of the main handle memberl 8 opkee, in the county of Cherokee and State of posite the projecting portion 12 of the mem- Iowa, have invented a new and useful Combiber 9 carries a hammer-head 16, having the nation-Tool, of which the following is a speciusual curved claws 17 and the oppositely-exiication. tending projection 18. 1t will be observed 55 This invention relates to that class of iinthat this projection 18 is inset from the outer pleincnts having elements which can be el'nedge of the fulcrum-face 19 of the claws, so

1o ployed for a variety of purposes. thatabearing-shoulder 20 is provided,through The object is to provide a simple combinathe medium of which nails may be more readtion of parts wherein certain of the elements ily drawn without bending the same. At one 60 coaetin a peculiar manner to perform a vaside of the head 16 is located a tapering slot riety of functions, the whole being so con- 21, that is undercut and is adapted to receive structed and arranged that it constitutes an nail-heads, thereby supporting the nails in eiiicient tool for the various purposesintendprojecting relation to the side of the head. ed and is capable of being readily and cheaply With this device nails can be started without 65 manufactured. the necessity of lirst holding the same in place The preferred form of construction is illuswith the iingers, and consequently can be 2O trated in the accompanying drawings, wheredriven at points above the reach of the operinator.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool with Thehandle member9 is adapted to be swung 70 the die attachment removed. Fig.2isasimi substantially at right angles to the handle lar view with the die attachment in place. member v8, as illustrated in Fig. Q, and in the Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 angle formed thereby an attachment in the of Fig. 1. Fig. Lisasimilar View on the line form of a threading-die can be placed. This 4: 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on attachment comprises a frame 22, having a 75 the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a top plan beveled edge 23 to correspond to the cutting iew of the hammer-head. Fig. 7 is a seeedge V15 of the member 9, the frame being tional View on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4. A snfticiently narrow to tit snugly within the Similar reference-numerals indicate corresocket 10 of the handle member 8. The two spending parts in all the figures of the drawspaced legs 241 of the said frame 22 rest against 30 ings. the bottom of the socket and are secured by In the embodiment illustrated a handle is thumb-screws 25, threaded through the mememployed comprising a main member 8 and a ber 8 and screwed into the legs. The inner supplemental member 9, the member 8 havsides of the legs 24C carry guide-ribs 26, upon inga longitudinally-disposed slot 10, forming which are detaehably and slidably mounted 55 a seat which receives the member 9, the latthe die-sections 27. Means for adjusting' the ter being pivoted to the former, as shown at sections are employed, said means in the pres- 40 11. The free end of the member 9 projects ent instance consisting of a thumb-screw 28, beyond the corresponding end oil the memberthreaded through the handle member 8 be- 8 and is tapered to form a screw-engaging tween the screw 25 and bearing against the 90 edge 12, said member 9, in combination with inner edge of the inner section 27. themember8,thereby formingascrew-driver. The use of the various elements will, it is The handle member 8 contiguous to the pivot thought, be clearly apparent. The hammer 11 is provided with transverse notches 13 and can be employed in the ordinary manner for 14, the former of which has a sharpened edge, driving nails, and such nails may be started, while the inner edge of the member 9, which if necessary, out of the reach of the operator,

as already described. Nails and fasteners of various sorts may also be readily drawn through the medium of the claws. The screwdriver may be employed when arranged as illustrated in Fig. l, or if more power is desired it may be swung outwardly and secured in place by the die attachment, as illustrated in Fig. 2. When threads are to be eut, the dies suitable for the purpose are placed in the frame, and said frame is secured in the socket 10 with the handle members disposed as shown in Fig. 2, the threading device holding the members in their extended relation. A double handle is thus provided, each member constituting one and affording convenient means for rotating the device. It will therefore be apparent that a simple implement is provided which can be cheaply manu factnred, and with it a variety of operations may be performed. Moreover, as already shown, the handle members and die attachment coact in a peculiar manner to secure the proper operation of each other.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further deseription, and it will be understood that various changes in the size.l shape, proportion, and minor detail of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a handle comprising relatively movable members, one of which has a seat to receive the other, of means for connecting the members, an attachment, and means for securing the attachment in the seat when the handle member is out of the same, said handle member bearing against the attachment when said attachment is in place and constituting means for turning the tool with the attachment thereon.

2. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a handle comprising pivoted members, one of which has a seat to receive the other, of an adjustable threading-die attachment, means for securing the attachment in the seat contiguous to the pivot connection of the members, and means for adjusting the die, said means being carried by the handle member having the seat, the members constituting means for turning the die when the same is attached to the handle.

3. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a handle member provided with a longitudinally-disposed slot, of a supplemental handle member pivoted to the said handle member and adapted to be seated in the slot, a threading-die attachment comprising a frame, screws passing through the handle member contiguous to the pivot connection between the members for securing the frame in the slot of said handle member when the supplemental member is out of the same, cutting-dies ad justably mounted in the frame, and an adjusting-screw threaded in the handle member and arranged to engage one of the dies, said members being held in angular relation by the die and'constituting means for revolving the same.

4. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a handle member provided with a longitudinally-disposed slot, of a supplemental handle member pivoted to the handle member and adapted to be seated in the slot, a threading-die attachment comprising a frame, and screws l'iassing through the handle member contiguous to the pivot connection between the members and into the slot for securing the frame in the slot of saidhandle member.

5. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a handle comprising pivoted members, of a threading device, and' means for securing the device to one of the members contiguous to the pivot connection,said threading device serving to hold the pivoted meinbers in extended angular relation, and said' pivoted members constituting means for turning the threading device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

.IOH N H. PRIESTLEY. Witnesses:

' J. A. MILLER, F. S. SMITH. 

